Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . d losses Charles fell backbefore his adversaries, and his army took ref-uge in the city of Orleans, that being theonly important place remaining in possessionof the king. The victorious English were not disposedto stop short of an absolute conquest of France,They accordingly advanced against Orleans,and in 1428 laid siege to the city. The in-vestment wa
Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . d losses Charles fell backbefore his adversaries, and his army took ref-uge in the city of Orleans, that being theonly important place remaining in possessionof the king. The victorious English were not disposedto stop short of an absolute conquest of France,They accordingly advanced against Orleans,and in 1428 laid siege to the city. The in-vestment was planned by the Earl of Salis-bury, who constructed a series of towers to Tradition has preserved the story that Charlesthe Victorious, shortly after his coronation, beingin need of a pair of boots, was refused credit bythe bootmaker, and obliged to go away withoutthose articles so essential to the kingly comfortand respectability. ro UNIVERSAL HISTORY.—THE MODERN WORLD. be brought against the walls, after the mili-tary tactics of the INIiddle Ages; but the tow-ers were not sufficiently numerous to commandaU parts of the walls, and the Count of DuNois, who was at the head of the royal forcesoutside the Iitv, succeeded in establishing. JOAN OF ARC. communication with the besieged, and in sup-plying them with j)rovisions and stores. During the progress of the siege the Earlof Salisbury was killed, and was succeeded bythe Earl of Suffolk. A short time afterwards,as the season of Lent approaclied, the RegentBedford undertook to provision his array withherring, in order that the soldiers might notcommit the sacrilege of eating meat duringthe period of the interdict. Hoping to defeat this pious purpose, the French sallied fromthe city and attacked the escort of the supplytrains. But the English were equal to theemergency. They poured out of camp, joinedbattle with the French, and the Battle of theHerrings ended in a complete victory for thebesiegers. The be-sieged were reducedto t
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